Marker or clip.



d. S. CARTER.

MARKER 0R CLIP. APPLICATION FILED 1mm 20, 1913.

1,103,031. Patented Ju1y14,1914.

l2 1: a4 us no n llwan'alv LVVENTOR.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEK I B-Y I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

S. CARTER, OF .ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE H. C. COOK C OMPANY, OF AN SONIA, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

MARKER. on our.

Patented July 14, 1914.

To all whom it mag concern Be it known that I, CHAPEL S C AI :T1 1 R,' -a citizen of the United States, residing 1n Ansonia, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Markers or Clips, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription,

This invention relates to markers or clips for use in card indexes and for other purposes, and more particularly to a marker or signal in the form of a detachable metal clip provided with an opening adapted to expose and indicate any of a'plurality of numbers or other characters arranged along the upper margin of a card, and further provided with a portion adapted to extend upward froni'the top edge of the card and'serving the double function of a visible signal and a tab or finger piece. i I v The primary object of the invention is to provide a marker or clip of the type indi- -e ated, wherein the upwardly projecting tab or signal portion and the body portion having the sight opening for the numbers or simple and novel way with each other and with means for securing the clip or marker firmly ,on the marginal portion of the card. It isialso ain ed. to provide a marker or clip which can be easily applied to and removed from thef'carcLfwhich can be easily and e cheaply "fnanu weir i factured, and which has still 'hereinaften' pointed out.

l e tii e and mbin for .an index card show r ,3 5 az front elevat h -tw gi-krfsor clips embodying my improvements, one of the same being fully ap tot he margin of the card and the otliiar being only partially applied, Fig.1 2 is an enlarged frontelevation of the marker or clip'showri at the'left of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. i is a plan view of the blank from which the marker or clip is constructed.

Referring to Fig. 1, 5 indicates the. upper portion cat a record or index card and 6 in.- dicates a rowor series of numbers or other characters extending lengthwise along the upper Qmargin of the card, as usual in de- "I; ,other, --ends,ir the inventiqa';

' scribed an' *exerting pressuregon that portion of thecard --at the rear ofthe opening 14. The advan ing was a e 1 v I e ta e of. locating the tongue 11 back of, and

7 and 8 indicate markers or clips. embodying my improvements, which markers or clips are adapted to straddle the upper edge of the card and expose and direct attention to any of the series of numbers or characters on the card as may bedesired. The marker or clip 7 is illustrated in detail in Figs. 2, 3 and 4:. It is formed by taking 'a flat elongated plate 9 of sheet metal (Fig. 4), cutting through the same near one end to present the outline of a tab 10 and cutting through the blank near the middle to form a tongue 11, and then bending the blank into the shape illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. The blank is bent about a transverse axis adja-\ cent the base or uncut portion of the tab 10: which tab remains in its original condition;

as the metal around it is bent substantially into contact with the other end portion of the blank. This provides a clip or marker formed of a sheet of metal doubled on itself to present two legs or branches 12, 13, one" of which (12) is provided with a tab or sigthe cli has once1been properly located; the) v tongue will hold-"it; firmly inposition by in line with, the opening .14 'is' that said tongue 11 in acting on the flexible body of the card will push the paper forward in the opening to such an extent as to produce an effective interlocking of the clip with the paper at the inner edge of the opening. The active portion of the tongue 11 is located wholly within the opening 14. i

The application of the marker or clip to the edge of the card is facilitated by bending or turning up slightly one of the lower corners-of the front leg or member 13. It is preferred to turn up the lower right hand corner of theleg or member 13, as indicated at 15 in Fig. 2;

tab portion is furthermoreprovided with an It is underopening or perforation stood, of course, that 1n a card index it is desirable that different groups or series of markers be suitably distinguished from each other for classification purposes, and Ill 1S for this reason that the projecting tab portions which are visible at .11 times, are distinguished by color or otherwise.

In the case illustrated, the perforation 10" of the clip 8 is intended to permit the suspension of the card by means of the clip when such is desired, but the perforations of the tab portions of'a number of clips may serve only for the purpose of distinguishing such clips from those of another group or series.

My improved markers H or clips are applied to the card in the manner shown in Fig. 1. The clip is held at an angle to the card, as shown to the right of Fig. 1, while the legs or members 12, 13, are set over the edge of the card at the point 15 where the edge of the member 13 is slightly upturned. The upturned corner permits the edge of the card to be readily introduced between the-legs or members of the clip, and the latter may then be readily forced into its ultimate position while turning the axis of the clip into a vertical position. The clip 7 in Fig. 1 is shown in its finally seated position on the edge of the card with the number 10 on'the card exposed through the opening 1 1.

Of course, the clip may be readily slid along the edge of the card to expose and call attention to another number of the series when such is desired;

The rear leg or member 12 of the clip is preferably somewhat longer than the front member 13, as shown, so as to guide the edge of the card more effectively into the space between the legs or members. The lower edge of the front member 13 is substantially in contact with the rear member 12 and-is in contact with each other so that a card will readilyride over the lower edge of'the front member when the card is in its ordinary vertical position. The lower extremity of the flare of the upturned corner-begins at a point above the lowest. edge of its leg,.,.as

shown more particularly in Fig. 2. I

W ithout limiting myself to tlie precise construction shown I claim:

1. A marker or signal for-card indexes comprising a metal plate having ntegral tongues struck out of the same, and pointing in the sani'e'gencral direction, one of proximity to 'the'iiiain body portion of the plate at the same side of the plate as the narrow tongue, and having its opening in line with the narrow tongue, whereby the latter may act as a gripping member, the

active portion of such gripping member be ing located wholly within said opening, so as to press the card, or other article, into contact with the edges of sand opening; substantially as described.

2. A marker or clip comprising a metal plate doubled on itself to present a front leg and a rear leg, one'of said legs having its lower edge normally in substantial contact 'with the face of the other leg substantially throughout the length of such lower edge, and said first named leg having an upturned or flared corner at its lower part located above the lowermost extremity of said leg, said flared corner being spaced from the opposing face of'the other leg so that a' card, or the like, may be interposed between the normally contacting portions of the legs; substantially as described.

. 3. A marker or clip, comprising a metal plate doubled on itself to present two legs or members, the front leg having the lower edge or extremity thereof normally in substantial contact with the rear leg, above the lower edge of such rear leg, said front 'leg having an upturned or flared portion at a. lower corner thereof, and the lower edge of said front leg being extended downward beyond the upturned or flared corner so that a card or the like will ride over the front leg without catching in such upturned or flared corner; substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on the 18th day of June 1913-.

, CHAPEL S. CARTER. 'NVitnesses SAMUEL H. FTSHER, MARY E. FULLER. 

